A UChicago Medicine Medical Group patient has dropped her proposed class action against the health system and its debt-collection vendor Nationwide Recovery Services Inc. over a 2024 data breach that exposed 38,000 patients’ information.
Lead plaintiff Alta Young filed a notice of voluntary dismissal Tuesday in the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
- Young alleged in the June 2 lawsuit that UChicago Medicine and NRS breached their duties under common law, contract law, industry standards, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, and the Federal Trade Commission Act to implement reasonable and adequate data-security measures
- At least ...
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